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"I'm a wreck. I get hurt very easily. I don't have a tough shell. I'm so insecure - it's pretty stupid for me to be in this business, isn't it?"

Rosanna Arquette Biography

Rosanna Arquette was born in New York City on August 10, 1959. Her grandfather, Cliff, played Charlie Weaver on "The Jack Paar Show" and her father, Lewis, was best known as J. W. Pickett on "The Waltons." Like brother David and sister Patricia, Arquette took to the family business. When the starlet was 11 years old, her parents moved the brood to a Virginia commune, where they entertained everyone with plays and skits. Arquette was an impetuous teenager who felt like a misfit at school; she hitched to California to seek stardom when she was just 14 years old.

In Hollywood, the aspiring actress quickly found work playing troubled teens. Five years later, she graduated to more mature parts with her Emmy Award–nominated performance in the 1982 classic "The Executioner's Song." Numerous film parts followed. Unfortunately, Arquette's hectic work schedule led to her breakup with boyfriend Steven Porcaro from the rock band Toto. (The singer immortalized Arquette in the song "Rosanna.") Her 1986 marriage to composer James Newton Howard faced the same fate. Arquette rebounded in England with an old flame — rocker Peter Gabriel, who penned "In Your Eyes," a tune about the actress.

In 1989, Martin Scorsese coaxed Arquette out of her acting respite and back to the States for a turn in "New York Stories." Once again, acting and amore didn't mix, and her relationship with Gabriel unraveled. The heartbroken Arquette fled to Paris, but more tragedy would follow. Arquette's parents separated and her mom was diagnosed with breast cancer shortly afterward. Arquette found solace with restaurateur John Sidel; the two married in 1993 and daughter Zoe Blue was born a year later. Arquette continued to work steadily, appearing in Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction" and the controversial film "Crash." Sadly, the constant separation from her husband coupled with the stress of her mother's death tore her second marriage apart.

After getting engaged to Immortal Entertainment president David Codikow, Arquette focused her energy on being a mother and a breast cancer advocate. But her admirable indie work continues. Arquette directed and appeared in "Searching for Debra Winger," a documentary about women in Hollywood that was a hit when it debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2002.